Several thousand people protested in Paris Sunday over the de.ath in custody of a Mauritanian immigrant worker, yelling slogans against “a police force that k!lls us”, an AFP journalist saw
The controversy over his death is just the latest in a series of cases in which activists have accused French police of racism and violence.
The demonstration gathered at the shelter in the northeast of the capital where the man, El Hacen Diarra, 35, had been living and in front of which he was violently arrested by police on the night of January 14.
Video filmed by neighbours, shared on social media, showed a policeman punching what appears to be a man on the ground as another officer stands by and watches.
The protesters, gathered to support Diarra’s family, members of whom also took part, unfurled banners reading “Justice” and “RIP”, before marching to the local police station.
The family has filed a legal complaint accusing security forces of “intentional violence that led to a de.ath”, their lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou told AFP a week ago.
Paris police have launched an internal investigation into what happened.
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